Jesus was dangerous to the world order.

The early church was dangerous.
Early Friends were dangerous.
The Sermon on the Mount is a dangerous document.
Those who live it will be dangerous.
DQ’s upset conventional wisdom and replace it with Gospel Order.
DQ’s submit to Divine transformation.
Truth is the agent of transformation.
Transformation always expresses itself in action.
God’s peace is alignment with God’s purposes.
This alignment brings conflict with evil.
DQ’s are willing to face loss to be transformed.
DQ’s speak and live truth boldly.
DQ’s resist fear mongering and manipulation.
DQ’s resist isolation and polarization.
DQ’s can engage lovingly with “the other.”
DQ’s can stand in the midst of a creative, paradoxical tension.
DQ’s recognize truth in others.
DQ’s can even non-anxiously engage those promoting lies as truth.
DQ’s resist idolatry.
DQ’s understand and live in freedom.
DQ’s know God’s love intimately.
DQ’s understand the world’s need for what they have.
DQ’s do not live in captivity to fear or anger.
DQ’s accept that they may be called to prophetically speak the truth.
DQ’s work at bold humility.
DQ’s are grounded in God and practice spiritual disciplines.
DQ’s have a passion for justice.
DQ’s hold their expectations lightly.
DQ’s believe that God is among us and accessible to everyone.
DQ’s cooperate with God’s agenda.
God’s agenda is that every soul knows God’s love and lives freely in it.

Abbott/Parsons fall 2006